New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-29
FOLLOWING FALSE CLEWS.
LITTLE LIGHT ON THE RAILWAY MYSTERY.

TIE BODY STILL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THAT
WHEN RUN DOWN COME TO NAUGHT.
No definite Information obtained yesterday In Rah
way regarding the identity OF the murdered on
Friday night. Innumcrabe clews suggested by
people from every part OF the country. The who
bought the shoes at Turner's Friday night and to
return for them later, found She a servant Of
j. e. shailer Of Linden, named Eliza Murphy,
and did return but found the store closed.
The man arrested Sunday night was named G. W.
Gregory, and had suspicious letter on his person. At
the private examination at the Mayors office he was
asked to empty his pockets which he refused to do His
pockets were emptied by force. In the pockets
found revolver. copy OF The Adroeae extra OF satur
day. Russia leather pocketbook containing S17.
nickel watch, claspd!e, guide to Washington some
string and unimportan. articles, and peculiar letter.
which was from John J. Beattie lawyer Of Warwick
n. Y, as follows:
WARWICK NY.
diacnity You have any 9 money
"'''''' '''' ''''' "'' INV '''' '' '' j. 9. BrArnE
The extra Idroeats account of the murder marked
with blue pencil Gregory subsequently released
there was not sufficient evidence to hold him.
A constable named yablan, from Crawford called on
Mayor Daily yesterday and told story of having secured
confession from whom he could arrest near that
place He wanted to know the amount Of reward. lie
soon disposed OF. Mrs. Bunnell, living
panied by man. passed by her house on Friday evening,
and asked TO buy something TO eat and where they could
sews yet % d:covered T s that H' which Teporiers
worked up late yesterday afternoon. After Interviewing
they learned OF MIRA Bennett and Miss May Earl who
live near by and that each had seen STRANGE man ard
nelts house. The Bennetts keep hennery the
Mestied road ., Mrs Bennett described e The
description OF the worn by one them agreed with
that by the murdered girl She stated that shc had
h.a NJ tlo rIar Sbao fb.t th
asked abou. some fancy eggs which Mrs. Bennett did
not deal In. When asked his name he re-
the name on the rubber stamp found in the bag.
Mrs Bennett states that she directed hm to another
account for the basket Of found beside the dead girl
o'clock this evening that he would offer reward OF $500
for the arrest and conviction OF the murderer The Gov
Ra6way are INDIGNANT that larger reward was not
offered Photographs OF the murdered girl Will be ready
The cicws In this city to the murder have not yet
proved more fruitful than those In kahway. IL was sald
gir OF fourteen had the body and identified the dead
woman, but refused to give her name or address,
Mrs - sarah Mco;oey' widow, OF No 35s East Thirty
seventh ST., and the young girl was her daughter Mrs
McGoey said lest night that se had been 10 Railway to
see the body. the description answered somewhat 20
that Of young friend Of hers whom she had not see for
several days; but the body not that OF her friend
She certain OF this. as she had heard from the friend
since she saw the body. .
There only one Timothy Byrne In the New-fork di-
rrcOry lie j. carpenter aud his address Is given
No lis East observation-disclosures inquiry at ulAt
number developed the fact that Byrnc had lived there
but had moved away some une before-lt was Thought
To the neighborhooi OF Northumberland fourteenth-s
and l1rsi-aye Dhigent inquiry In that ncghborhood
failed to develop any trace OF the man. none of the q
uor-lealers merchants ever having heard OF him
Two women called at the Prince Street Police station
last evening. one was a mddle-aged woman and the
other much younger Both well Dire se, The elder
woman said sergeant Wells that she would like To md
out II body Of The girl had been Identified When the
sergeant told her that had not BEEN she said that she
believed that ~ her daughter Her daughter ran
anay about two ago ana married. who turned
ont To be worthless and wanted his wife TO support HIM.
The daughter left her husband and he Threatened To Kill
her N he ever found where she The daughter
mother about three weeksa IN ths cfy
and she said that she living III New-Jer,ey Her
danghes description the clothes aud piece OF iewery
thot se wore Tailed with the published description OF
the dead woman, The woman isbOring under great
oYrerneut when talking 10 the sergeant She would not
leav. her ua,e as she did want any publicity given
10 the atter la ho dead girl should prove not 10 be
her ,laugUrr but said thai lived IN West six
teenth st. and would 10 Railway to-day and look at
the body.